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RB Maurice Clarett (B1G Freshman of the Year, National Champion)

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Mili: Here's how it used to work. I assume that its the same way here.

When a team wants a player in the Supplemental Draft, they can draft that player by claiming his rights against next year's draft pick. They must declare what pick they choose him with, and the player can be taken from them if another team drafts the player and declares a higher round. The team that acquires the player then loses that pick in next year's draft.

For example, if the Dallas Cowboys want Maurice Clarett, they can draft him and declare him to be a Second Round pick. If say, the Dolphins want him more, they can declare him with their first pick and take him from the 'Boys. If this happens, then the Fish would forefeit their 1st rounder in the '05 Draft.
 
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sloopy

So, If the Cowboys offer a #2 and the Bronco's want him but but their #2 isn't as high as the Cowboys #2 and they don't want to offer their next #1 pick, they could trade future picks to say, the Chargers, for the right to take their #2 spot. But if some else offers a #1 then the previous trade that took place between the Broncos and Chargers would be null and void, correct?
There's a lot to consider here.
 
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ash:

I'm not sure. Like I said, that's how I remember it working, but don't quote me on that. I think the idea behind the supplemental Draft is that there won't be more than one or two teams after a player (because its assumed that the player isn't that good), so there wouldn't be a need for a "My 1st Rounder vs. Your 1st Rounder" squabble.

There're only a couple of Supplemental players I remember: Dave Brown of the Giants, Steve Walsh of the Cowboys, and someone else for the Jets.
 
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Was not Bernie Kosar a supplemental pick?

I don't know if this link is reliable or not, but if so, it seems as if every team gets a chance to use a supplemental pick in this years draft order. So I guess the Chargers would get the first crack, and down on the line to New England.

http://robscouting.com/Supplemental Draft.htm
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Yeah, Kosar was a supplemental pick in '85. I don't recall what pick it cost the Browns however.
 
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I think the general gist is that if the NFL wins their appeal before that draft occurs and thus doesn't have to include Clarett, Williams, etc., then Maurice is pretty much f*cked. As it stands, he has supposedly "moved up" to a "first day" pick...far from being a sure-fire top-five pick if he played last season and then challenged the NFL policy. He has lost so much potential money it's not even funny.
 
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He (MoC) has lost so much potential money it's not even funny.
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Regardless of the outcome this is so true.

If the NFL wins the appeal, why wouldn't the league grandfather in MoC and Williams. Once the judgement came down, then MoC and Williams declared for the draft. In other words, they made a decision based upon a ruling. After making the decision, they hired agents which precludes them from returning to college ball.

Also, didn't the NFL extend the deadline this year for declaring for the draft in light of the MoC case?
 
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No offense....but this is ridiculous...again no offense....moc and williams are in the nfl....paint the money.....

one: the nfl is prolly not going to win the appeal.....if they should win....clarett will counter appeal.....

two: if the nfl does win...they will grant williams and moc special entry into this draft until all appeals are heard.....why...?...b/c they dont want to face the millions and millions and millions of dollars they will have to pay williams and moc if the final ruling is in their favor....it is much easier to just let them in the draft...and let legality take its course from there for future players...

the nfl may eventually win the legality issue....but moc and williams are in this draft....period....forghaat abouut itttt.....
 
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"they dont want to face the millions and millions and millions of dollars they will have to pay williams and moc if the final ruling is in their favor"

How is that? There is no way the (Clarett and others) can reasonably prove how much they would've got had they been in the draft. The consensus right now is that Clarett is, at best, a third-round pick, which ain't shit. Name me any third-round pick who made more than a mil or two total for a multi-year contract, and that's including his signing bonus. Maybe Williams can get a chunk, but not Clarett.

That being said, it may be smarter for them to go ahead and let them enter the draft, regardless of their appeal, and then not select them very highly. Some may try to call "collusion", but as noted above Clarett isn't projected very high anyway, so picking him in the third or fourth round will put a big damper on future kids wanting to come out early.
 
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I'm fairly certain Sloopy is correct with his explaniation of how the supplemental draft works. Cris Carter was a 4th rd pick in the supplemental draft and is the best player I can think of that went that route. All of these players were 1st rd supplemtal picks. I don't think teams are as anxious to give up their 1st rounders now.

<TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=bg1><TD>Year </TD><TD>Player </TD><TD>College </TD><TD>Pos. </TD><TD>Team </TD></TR><TR class=bg2><TD>1981 </TD><TD>Dave Wilson </TD><TD>Illinois </TD><TD>QB </TD><TD>New Orleans </TD></TR><TR class=bg2><TD>1985 </TD><TD>Bernie Kosar </TD><TD>Miami </TD><TD>QB </TD><TD>Cleveland </TD></TR><TR class=bg2><TD>1987 </TD><TD>Brian Bosworth </TD><TD>Oklahoma </TD><TD>LB </TD><TD>Seattle </TD></TR><TR class=bg2><TD>1989 </TD><TD>Steve Walsh </TD><TD>Miami </TD><TD>QB </TD><TD>Dallas </TD></TR><TR class=bg2><TD>1989 </TD><TD>Timm Rosenbach </TD><TD>Wash. State </TD><TD>QB </TD><TD>Phoenix </TD></TR><TR class=bg2><TD>1989 </TD><TD>Bobby Humphrey </TD><TD>Alabama </TD><TD>RB </TD><TD>Denver </TD></TR><TR class=bg2><TD>1990 </TD><TD>Rob Moore </TD><TD>Syracuse </TD><TD>WR </TD><TD>N.Y. Jets </TD></TR><TR class=bg2><TD>1992 </TD><TD>Dave Brown </TD><TD>Duke </TD><TD>QB </TD><TD>N.Y. Giants

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If the NFL wins their appeal, and then later Clarett and Williams are drafted in the supplemental draft, I think the NFL might be liable under anti-trust regulations which would triple the damages. This could be a lot of $, or as Mililani stated it would be difficult for them to prove how much $ they lost out on. It brings to mind the USFL anti-trust lawsuit which the NFL lost for $1. This was trippled to $3, the NFL paid $3.76 with interest.
 
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